9am: Good morning and welcome to our daily sports news blog. Throughout the day we'll update this page with news, links and what's expected to happen in the hours ahead. Time permitting, we'll try to wade in below the line, answering your questions and comments.

9am: Good morning and welcome to our daily sports news blog. Throughout the day we'll update this page with news, links and what's expected to happen in the hours ahead. Time permitting, we'll try to wade in below the line, answering your questions and comments.

9am: Good morning and welcome to our daily sports news blog. Throughout the day we'll update this page with news, links and what's expected to happen in the hours ahead. Time permitting, we'll try to wade in below the line, answering your questions and comments.

9.05am: Your thoughts on modest Jose Mourinho: "I miss English football and English football misses me, there's no doubt about that."

9.48am: Could Liverpool be lining up a bid for Real Madrid player-manager Raúl? That and other outlandish rumours here. SA

10.08am: If reading really isn't something you like to do this early in the morning, or if you simply aren't willing to believe that Wayne Rooney left the Allianz Arena on crutches until you have seen it with your own eyes, then you might want to check out this video of him doing exactly that. As an added bonus you also get footage of a few coaches and players having their say on the injury. PB

10.20am: OK, morning meeting update:

• A certain footballer's ankle is obviously being closely monitored today. We'll let you know as soon as the results of Wayne Rooney's ankle scan are through.

• As for the Champions League, we'll have live minute-by-minute coverage tonight of Arsenal v Barcelona and Inter v CSKA Moscow. Kick-off is 7.45pm and our reports will begin at around 7pm or so. In the night's other game, fourth-placed Hibs host third-placed Dundee United in the SPL, which you can follow with our live match stats.

11.04am: Slightly lost amid all the Champions League excitement today is our weekly Knowledge trivia column. This week we look at professional footballers who went on to become referees, and run down a few more English-born players who went on to play international football for other countries. PB

11.47am: It's day three of the Talking Horses tipping competition: your picks for the 3.10 Hereford, 5.00 Southwell and 8.30 Kempton, please. You can pick up all our correspondents latest picks while you're at it. SA

1.11pm: The England squad for the ICC World Twenty20 includes uncapped Michael Lumb and Craig Kieswetter. Get the full details here. SA